A downtown parade, thousands of people, live music and entertainment in Sylvester Park, face-painting, flags and food, kids of all ages dancing, politicians, petition signing, community nonprofit booths and vendors, smiles, sunshine, and rainbows galore - that was the scene in Olympia lamore --------------------------------------------------

Nearly 200 people enjoyed the beautiful weather at the second annual South Park Gay Pride Picnic. Held Sunday, June 10, on the banks of the Duwamish River, the picnic attracted a delightful mix of people from the South Park neighborhood, Georgetown, and the White Center area. Neighborhood activists and families wmore --------------------------------------------------

A couple of years ago, Julian Gaspay, an out Gay student and local entertainer turned LGBT youth advocate, dealt with the aftermath of emotions that flood your world when someone you care for dies by suicide. Those were some of the toughest moments of his life, and dealing with the losmore--------------------------------------------------

Last week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released what it called a 'landmark' survey of LGBT youth. The survey, titled 'Growing Up LGBT in America,' interviewed more than 10,000 young people between the ages of 13 and 17, measuring factors that impact their daily lives. These included theirmore --------------------------------------------------

Republican Senator Orrin Hatch and nine of his GOP colleagues, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have filed an amicus brief in support of DOMA with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Golinski v. OPM.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled in February that more --------------------------------------------------

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on June 12. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, one of the senior Democrats on the committee, used the occasion to reaffirm her support for the bill.

CAMBODIAN KING BACKS MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has shown that advancing years are no barrier to an open mind. After watching televised images of Gay marriages in San Francisco, the 81-year-old monarch has decided that single-sex weddings should be allowed in Cambodia too.

Century-old journals newly published by England's Natural History Museum show that polar explorer Dr. George Murray Levick was so offended by the sexual habits of Antarctic penguins that he suppressed all the notes he wrote about them.

Pride Events CalendarPORTLAND PRIDE FESTIVAL
AND PARADE
From Friday, June 15, to Sunday, June 17, Portland is Pride Central in the Northwest. This year's parade begins at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, June 17, at Park Avenue and Burnside Street downtown. Marchers will proceed through historic Old Town/Chinatown to the Willamette River and then head down to Waterf more
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